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Camus Cognac: How Looking East Literally Saved a Family Firm (Video)
We all know that the Chinese love of all things luxury is driving cognac sales in the east, but family run Camus Cognac has found success in China that have surpassed even their wildest dreams. In an interview with INSEAD Knowledge, president of Camus Cognac, Cyril Camus, gave a frank and honest view of how…
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Cognac-Expert reaches 100.000 visitors per Month
Less than two years ago, we, brother and sister, Max and Sophie, started a blog about a world famous product from Charente, France: Cognac. In the beginning, we were just reporting about the basic things relating to cognac, like cognac estates, the latest cognac cocktail or the different techniques in cognac production. After a couple…
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Château de Montifaud: Great Grande and Petite Champagne
Many cognac houses are family run affairs, but not very many are actually set in a genuine chateau. But the Vallet family can boast six generations who’ve lived and worked in the beautiful Chateau de Montifaud. Producing cognacs of the same name, today’s father and son team produce cognac from the family properties that are…
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Hennessy is a Global Giant But Still A Family Business at Heart?
In an interview with Fox News, Maurice Richard Hennessy gave a wonderful insight into the world of Hennessy cognac and the company’s aspirations for the coming years. Maurice Richard is a direct descendent of Hennessy’s founder and has been involved in the family business for over 30 years. In the interview he spoke about the…
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Dominique Hériard Dubreuil is the ‘iron lady’ of Cognac
Here comes one powerful woman. Dominique Hériard Dubreuil is ranked by Fortune 2008 as the world’s 42nd most influential business woman. She is the CEO of Remy Cointreau since 2001 and Chairman of the Board since 2004. Born in 1946, she has forged an extremely successful career and is known as the ‘Grande Dame’ of…
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Cognac Meukow: A modern family business
The cognac house Meukow is one of the few big cognac houses still holding on to the structure of the family business. To be able to keep up with the competition, the family created the Compagnie de Guyenne (CDG) in 1969, an umbrella company that Meukow is today part of and which includes a number…
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